UGA 5 Radford 5

Athens, Georgia
Saturday January 27, 2007
Referee: Graeme Payne

A sloppy game by both teams. There was a strong wind blowing, but interestingly the run of play went directly against the wind for most of the game. In the first half when Radford had the wind at their back we had more of the posession and position (thanks in large part to lots of Radford penalties). We dropped some balls on promising chances and made some poor decisions which keps us from scoring chances. Radford had a player sin binned when they had back to back late hits (within about a minute of each other) and with them down a man we were able to score an unconverted try in the 30th minute when Sam Pennel touched down in the corner. Halftime 5-0 UGA.

The second half saw Radford keep the ball in our end for most of the 40 minutes. We had one scoring opportunity when we had a 5 meter scrum but weren't able to take advantage of it. Radford had a try held up in goal in about the 70th minute and finally put in the game tying score in the 77th minute. They weren't able to convert and the final was 5-5.

1. Jordan Posey
2. Harrison DeJarnett
3. Brian Lake
4. Tyler Leonard
5. Jeff Miller
6. Andy Flage
7. John Stafford
8. Michael Thompson
9. Nick Burgess
10. Ryan Cooke
11. Jason Langhough
12. Michael Leitmann / Clayton McGill (58th)
13. Sean Catlett
14. Vince Varamo / Jay Acree (58th)
15. Sam Pennel

 

UGA 22 Radford 17

Referee: Graeme Payne

We played this as 3 30 minute periods. Radford scored in the 3rd minute with a 50 meter run but we responded with tries in the 16th (Alex Bourne), 47th and 55th minutes (both by Simba Machona) to take a 17-7 lead. Radford came back with a strong run in the 65th minute to score under the posts and another in the 80th to tie things at 17-17. In the 85th minute Jay Acree picked off a pass and took it 50 meters. He was caught on the 5, but Neil Beers picked it up and scored in the corner for the game winner. Final score 22-17.

1. Wilson / Neil Beers / Wilson
2. Jared Swanson
3. Chris Snare / Tyler Boykin / Chris Snare
4. Peter Williamsson / Brian from North GA / Peter Williamson
5. Chris Okotcha / Alex Bourne / Chris Okotcha
6. Simba Machona / Devin Smith / Devin Smith / New Guy
7. Archie Japaridze / Rei Hayashi / Archie Japaridze
8. Alex Bourne / Simba Machona / Alex Bourne
9. Robby Amos / Ryan Downey / Ryan Downey / Bobby Amos
10. Tony Niknejad / Tony Niknejad / Ryan Downey
11. Rian / John Rainbow / Bobby Amos / Rei Hayashi
12. Jay Acree / Clayton McGill / John Rainbow
13. Eric Blades / Vince Varamo / Jay Acree
14. David Meek / Eric Blades / David Meek
15. Ryan Downey / Adam Mossner / Adam Mossner

 

I don't doubt there are a billion errors, feel free to let me know.